Chapter 2 The monarch of the Shadow Island
Balliard is a special case, a special case that should not exist. The entire Shadow Island is filled with undead and is located on the edge of life and death. He is the only one who exists in both "life" and "death" at the same time.
Compared with the Grand Steward when he was on the Shadow Island, the first existence he saw when he opened his eyes - Karthus - was not that kind of lich, not a living creature with the characteristics of the dead.
He is the living and the dead at the same time. Perhaps this is why when he sat on the throne of the Shadow Isles with the respect of Karthus, the disdain of Thresh, and the entanglement of Mordekaiser, he was born.
After the Shadow Island, which had never had peace at the beginning, entered the framework of order, the Shadow Island became qualified to negotiate with other countries and forces.
However, he still rarely leaves the Shadow Island. Except for the scheduled world conferences that require him to attend, the number of times he left the Shadow Island before that was very few.
Karl did not agree with him walking around at will, because his weak strength really made him unworthy of the title of Lord of Shadow Island.
And life on the Shadow Island is so boring.
He lived in the Temple of Darkness, which was still called the Temple of Light during the Fuguang Island era, but the God of Light, whose existence was unknown, obviously did not protect Fuguang Island, or it could be said that Fuguang Island was abandoned by the God of Light.
Isn't that the way gods treat mortals?
Blessed Light, Balliard did not find the origin of this name from the documents preserved by Thresh, but as the name suggests, he guessed that it meant "blessed light". The former Blessed Light Island was a peaceful and isolated country.
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This country also has the water of life that can grant immortality to mortals, and the white mist that covers the island all year round to expel outsiders. It is a paradise given by the gods? That's probably it.
In addition, there are prophecies in the only surviving documents that outsiders will bring destruction to Fuguang Island. It is a prophecy in name, but it is actually a commandment set by the gods on Fuguang Island and a punishment for those who violate the commandments, right?
Kapoulos is not a god who likes an unchanging world. The gods who control destiny are either extremely weak or have been wiped out by them. The remaining people or gods who still have the power related to destiny are at most weak.
Just take a peek at your destiny that can change at any time.
So, how could a God of Light have such a powerful control over destiny? The destruction of Fuguang Island was just a destruction caused by the God of Light himself.
The undead who were born under that tragic destruction were extremely accomplished in mental illness, and Valliard was completely unable to be on the same level as them.
The weak undead are completely unable to communicate and can only be driven away with strength. The powerful undead will not deal with a weak king like Baliard, that is, Karsus.
Only a small number of the undead who are strong but not strong enough to refuse his orders can be controlled by him. But this part of the undead is controlled by Karl most of the time.
In addition, it is difficult to improve his own strength, and he has always been at an extraordinary starting point - seventh
Level, life on the Shadow Island is extremely boring.
There is a lack of people to chat with, and Karl is the only one in the entire Shadow Island who will chat with him, but Karl doesn’t have much free time, and other existences... Balliard, who thinks he is mentally normal, doesn’t feel like listening to the undead all day long.
Anger, hatred, and pain have meaning.
Waking up at six o'clock every morning is just dragging yourself into a deeper level of idleness for those who have nothing to do.
It's said that dragons sleep for decades. If conditions didn't allow it, Valyard wouldn't mind finding an island outside or simply sleeping under the yellow sands of Shurima for hundreds of years before getting up again.
But it is a pity that Karl restricts his going out, and the world conference is held every ten years, centuries, and millennia. The nominally unified Shadow Island is one of the most powerful forces in the entire Runeterra. I don't want to attend such a conference.
Will not work.
At the same time, due to various uncontrollable factors, the demigods of the Shadow Island will not be recognized as representatives participating in the meeting, and only Balliard can go.
Because Valoran is the center of Runeterra, the world conference is usually held in the capital of the major force representing Valoran. If those demigods go... I think the leader of the force must either evacuate the people a month in advance or change the venue of the meeting.
But after Balliard participated in the First World Conference, he got into trouble.
I was forced to get up at six o'clock every day because Hecarim would lead his cavalry on the Shadow Isles at six o'clock, followed by overwhelming roars.
Not only Hecarim's battle cry, but also the roars of the undead souls who were awakened by Hecarim's galloping and roaring and fell into brief peace in the night.
Only the night can appease these dead souls and soothe their broken hearts, but Hecarim seems to be spurning these dead souls to temporarily forget their inner pain in the dark night, disturbing the peace of the dead souls day after day.
To be honest, after defeating that guy once, his going out was no longer restricted by Karl, but he still couldn't leave Shadow Island for a long time and get a good night's sleep.
He is probably the only Thresh who won't be disturbed by the sound of Hecarim's hooves and languishes in an underground warehouse. This guy will go to the mainland every once in a while.
And this is the source of Valliard's troubles,
Thresh has been to every continent, including Shurima, Valoran, and Ionia, and he has never done anything bad. Every time he comes back from an outing, he always comes back "fulfilled."
Although Balliard couldn't see how many souls Thresh had put into his lantern, Balliard would know a rough idea based on each document that came to the Shadow Island immediately after.
The old mages who wandered around for the sake of the stability of Runeterra all expressed dissatisfaction with Balliard because of Thresh's bad behavior.
Almost every Apocalypse in Ionia has a fixed time for writing letters and replying to Balliard.
The dwarves of Bandle City,
He also sends messages to Valliard. The guy whose head is about the same size as his body uses different tools every time.
Even though they looked similar, Balliard didn't know whether the thing spoke on its own, or whether it took out the letter written by Heimerdinger from its claws, nails, a certain piece of skin, or a certain hair.
However, the big-headed ghost stopped using this kind of thing hundreds of years ago. I remember the last time I received a letter from Heimerdinger was 45 years ago.
It was a mechanical dog. Balliard originally thought that he was respected as a great inventor, and Heimerdinger, who had the highest IQ in Runeterra, was also at his wits end. However, he did not expect that the mechanical dog suddenly exploded.
There was Giggs' signature laugh before the explosion. Needless to say, it goes without saying that Giggs secretly modified Heimerdinger's mechanical dog, but the communication function was not affected.
It was a teleportation array, its function was to transmit the paper documents written by Heimerdinger to the Shadow Island... It was boring enough, right?
But in fact, Thresh rarely goes to Bandle City. It seems that he feels that those short souls are not comfortable enough to play?
Of course, Balliard would not know that after Thresh put the soul of a Bandel man into a lantern for the first time, the legendary young king of Shurima kept crying behind Thresh...
Every time Thresh left the Shadow Isles, Amumu would follow Thresh and cry, although he did provide some help——
Thresh crawling out from under the bed was already scary enough, but coupled with Amumu's crying, many people were frightened to death, so Thresh was spared the need to do it himself.
However, there is a person who is crying behind you all day long, crying for a month or two, how can you endure it? If it weren't for the fight, which would take a very long time, Thresh would not have destroyed the Bandel souls in the lantern.
Let him go and promise not to capture any Bandle people again.
Therefore, Heimerdinger's documents are generally in the name of Bandle City, accusing Thresh of its atrocities on behalf of other surrounding races that have been harmed by Thresh.
However, this is only a superficial reason. The real reason is obvious-Heimerdinger just wanted to show off his new technology.
The reason is that when Balliard participated in the first Millennium World Conference, he complained about Heimerdinger's "mechanical doll".
You're really stingy. With such a big head, why are the air inlets and air outlets so thin?
Nasus, the self-exiled Shurima Death God, would also come to the Shadow Isles from time to time to talk about Thresh's evil deeds in Shurima.
However, Balliard could only listen and then throw it aside. Let him restrain Thresh? Let's wait and see when he can beat Thresh.
In the entire Shadow Island, except for Mordekaiser, who is covered in metal armor and even his face is covered, but always makes people want to beat him up, and Karl, who can sing to death, the other guys are not Thresh.
The enemy of one.
Chapter completed!